Trends in Pro Sports and Revenue

GeoWar · 09-14-2020, 02:25 AM

Baseball - Is or has hit the point where fans and merchandising is important again . TV will not pay the bills for many teams except large markets . This 2020 season will cause issues for owners and teams , they will need time to get fans back.

Basketball - I don't think they worry clauses in contracts must be met .. TV revenue is shared .. and the money from sponsorships and overseas ... means they can ignore the fans more.

Football - Is all about the LONG term TV money . Revenue is shared . and there is an OUT to most every contract . The fans are just an after thought. The owners will not make as much profit ... the player contracts (unless you are the gate attraction) will allow players to move on.

Baseball used the Designated Hitter to keep fading stars in the game -- today the DH is hitter ......
Basketball simple allows ageing stars to continue by having a different set of rules for them ( how many carries do we see -- how many times do the star player simply come down and dislodge the defensive player from his position - how many times does the star player not even dribble the ball to bring it down the court ( see LeBron James)
Football -- simply change the rules for safety and make it touch --- or FLAG.

It is late at night -- I will read this tomorrow

Brad K · 09-14-2020, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoWar

Baseball used the Designated Hitter to keep fading stars in the game -- today the DH is hitter ......

News yesterday that Pujols hit his 660th HR to tie Mays on the career home run list. How many asterisks belong next to his number?

Reed · 09-14-2020, 07:25 AM

Why would he need an asterisk?
I haven't followed MLB for the past 5 years or so.

Rickroll38 · 09-21-2020, 10:07 AM

one of the massive trends everyone is trying to get into now is in-house in-game apps for chat and content. basically a twitter for your own team so you can pocket the revenue for the data collection.

cephasjames · 09-22-2020, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Reed

Why would he need an asterisk?

He doesn't. He's not a career DH. Even if he was he wouldn't deserve an asterisk.

Some people think career DHs, or at least players who have DH'd for a majority of their careers, shouldn't be acknowledged for their accomplishments because they aren't "real" players because they haven't played both sides of the ball.

thehef · 09-22-2020, 03:43 PM

If the 2017 Astros don't get an asterisk, then nobody does.

09-14-2020, 02:25 AM	#1
GeoWar All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 850	Trends in Pro Sports and Revenue Baseball - Is or has hit the point where fans and merchandising is important again . TV will not pay the bills for many teams except large markets . This 2020 season will cause issues for owners and teams , they will need time to get fans back. Basketball - I don't think they worry clauses in contracts must be met .. TV revenue is shared .. and the money from sponsorships and overseas ... means they can ignore the fans more. Football - Is all about the LONG term TV money . Revenue is shared . and there is an OUT to most every contract . The fans are just an after thought. The owners will not make as much profit ... the player contracts (unless you are the gate attraction) will allow players to move on. Baseball used the Designated Hitter to keep fading stars in the game -- today the DH is hitter ...... Basketball simple allows ageing stars to continue by having a different set of rules for them ( how many carries do we see -- how many times do the star player simply come down and dislodge the defensive player from his position - how many times does the star player not even dribble the ball to bring it down the court ( see LeBron James) Football -- simply change the rules for safety and make it touch --- or FLAG. It is late at night -- I will read this tomorrow __________________ Cal. State Fullerton -- NCAA Champion - Baseball 2004 Texas Longhorns -- NCAA Champion - Baseball 2005 Oregon State Beavers -- NCAA Champion - Baseball 2006 and 2007 With unity comes VICTORY !

09-14-2020, 07:25 AM	#3
Reed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,457	Why would he need an asterisk? I haven't followed MLB for the past 5 years or so. Last edited by Reed; 09-14-2020 at 07:28 AM.

09-21-2020, 10:07 AM	#4
Rickroll38 Bat Boy Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 5	one of the massive trends everyone is trying to get into now is in-house in-game apps for chat and content. basically a twitter for your own team so you can pocket the revenue for the data collection.

09-22-2020, 03:43 PM	#6
thehef Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,358	If the 2017 Astros don't get an asterisk, then nobody does.